A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls – Proverbs 25:28 A city without wall is like a house without doors, open to everyone and everything. You can’t keep anyone out or anything in. Cities, houses and countries all need boundaries to be able to function. We, as humans,…
Alone and loneliness are cousins separated by choices and feelings. No one chooses to feel loneliness. Loneliness is a by-product of how we feel about our aloneness. It’s possible to be alone and not feel lonely. It’s possible to be feel lonely in a crowded room. You can choose aloneness but you can’t choose loneliness.…
When I say devotion time or quiet time, what comes to mind? Does the term create anxiety, feel like another thing to check off your to do list or does it sound like an invitation to coffee with a friend? If it is the former, I’m sorry for whatever created those feelings, if it is…
If you’re thinking that meditating for Christians is a bad thing, allow me to convince you otherwise. Christian meditation, has nothing to do with sitting on the floor with you legs crossed humming “ohm” as eastern meditation practitioners do. Think of Christian meditation as something you would put along side words like rumination, reflection, introspection…
When I was younger, I could not see the correlation between privacy and power; I thought I would have all the energy and wisdom I needed when I needed it. I wasn’t until I got a little older, mostly through failure, that I took my private time, and what I did with it, more seriously.…
I heard this quote from Gary Vaynerchuk and it made me think, and I paraphrase, “If you don’t want to deliver to your audience and you’d rather watch Netflix, take time off, not make content, your audience will adjust.” This, among other things, keeps me bringing you content every week on my blog, on my…
“How honest should I be with my students?”. This is the question I asked myself in my inner debate over whether I should share my disappointment with them concerning their lack of motivation in bringing guests to our youth meeting. My concern was that my words would deflate them and make me look weak; like…
So many people fall away from faith when their expectations of God are not met or when life get’s too hard. They feel like God has left them or that his commands are too restrictive. Trials and trouble are not going anywhere, so it’s best for you to know that they are going to continue…
For 30 years I’ve rooted for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. If I told you how many times I’ve screamed at the tv, stormed out of a room or said so many potty words, you would blush. I was a true Notre Dame fan. I am a fan no more, mainly because the media…
